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Lucapina suffusa

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella suffusa was named by Reeve (1850) [TYPE LOCALITY: Honduras MAX. SIZE: 36 mm DISTRIBUTION: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: New Providence; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. John, St. Croix; Brazil: Para, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Alagoas, Abrolhos Islands]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucapina suffusa by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fissurella suffusa Reeve
1953Lucapina textaranea Olsson and Harbison
2005Lucapina suffusa Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusLucapinaSowerby 1835
speciessuffusa(Reeve 1850)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lucapina suffusa Reeve 1850
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Invalid names: Lucapina textaranea Olsson and Harbison 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:51:38
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:51:14
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lucapina textaranea (79331)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lucapina textaranea (61310) Lucapina textaranea, Lucapina suffusa (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lucapina suffusa (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Lucapina suffusa (80835 80837)